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Heinävesi
Heinävesi (; ) is a municipality of Finland. It is located in the North Karelia region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are Savonlinna, Varkaus, Leppävirta, Tuusniemi, Outokumpu and Liperi. The city of Joensuu is located northeast of Heinävesi. The municipality is unilingually Finnish. In 2021, Heinävesi had its region reassigned from South Savonia to North Karelia. The only Orthodox Christian monasteries in Finland, the New Valamo Monastery and the Lintula Holy Trinity Convent, are located in Heinävesi. Notable people * Tuomas Gerdt, last living Knight of the Mannerheim Cross The Mannerheim Cross (, ), officially Mannerheim Cross of the Cross of Liberty (, ) is the most distinguished Finnish military honour. A total of 191 people received the cross between 22 July 1941 and 7 May 1945, with six of the recipients receiv ... * Onni Happonen, politician and mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Karelia
North Karelia (or ''Northern Karelia'', ; ) is a region in eastern Finland. It borders the regions of Kainuu, North Savo, South Savo and South Karelia, as well as Russia's Republic of Karelia. It is the easternmost region of Finland and shares a border with Russia. The city of Joensuu is the capital and the largest settlement of the region. North Karelia has successfully reduced chronic diseases through public health measures. In the 1960s Finland led industrialized nations in heart disease mortality rates; North Karelia had Finland's highest incidence. In 1972 a long-term project was undertaken which targeted this risk in North Karelia. The resulting improvement in public health is still considered remarkable, a model for the rest of the nation. North Karelia is also known as the most sociable region in Finland. History The borders of remote North Karelia were formed gradually. Important border foundations were the Treaty of Stolbovo (1617) for the eastern border and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joensuu Sub-region
Joensuu sub-region is a subdivision of North Karelia and one of the sub-regions of Finland since 2009. Municipalities Politics Results of the 2018 Finnish presidential election: * Sauli Niinistö 63.9% * Pekka Haavisto 11.0% * Paavo Väyrynen 6.9% * Laura Huhtasaari 6.7% * Matti Vanhanen 4.7% * Tuula Haatainen 3.8% * Merja Kyllönen 2.6% * Nils Torvalds Nils Ole Hilmer Torvalds (born 7 August 1945) is a Finnish politician who had been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2012 to 2024. He is a member of the Swedish People's Party of Finland, part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democra ... 0.4% Sub-regions of Finland Geography of North Karelia Long stubs with short prose {{EasternFinland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kermajärvi
Kermajärvi (literally Finn. ''kerma'' for cream, ''järvi'' for lake, Sámi. ''kierma'' for rare and threatened Finnish Forest Reindeer fawn, and/or old Eastern Finnish word ''kiermi'' for type of fishing net drying stand) is a medium-sized lake in the Vuoksi main catchment area. It is located in the region of Southern Savonia in Heinävesi. It is the country's 53rd largest lake with an area of Kermajärvi in Järviwiki Web Service . Retrieved 2014-03-09. and consists of a wide open lake with plenty of islands in both northwest and southeast parts of it and several long, narrow bays in both ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Valamo Monastery
New Valamo or New Valaam (, or more informally, especially in the postal address: ''Uusi-Valamo'', , ) is an Eastern Orthodox Church, Orthodox monastery in Heinävesi, Finland. The monastery was established in its present location in 1940. However, the tradition of the Valaam Monastery, Valamo monastery dates back to 1717. The monastery was then originally established on Valaam (also known historically by the Finnish name ''Valamo'') which is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia in the Russian Federation. The New Valamo Monastery is now an active centre of the Orthodox religious life and culture in Finland and welcomes visitors throughout the year. History In 1939, during the Winter War, some 190 monks from the Valaam Monastery, Valamo Monastery in Karelia Evacuation of Finnish Karelia, were evacuated from their old abode on a group of islands in Lake Ladoga in the Viipuri Province to present Eastern Finland. The old Valamo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Valamo
New Valamo or New Valaam (, or more informally, especially in the postal address: ''Uusi-Valamo'', , ) is an Orthodox monastery in Heinävesi, Finland. The monastery was established in its present location in 1940. However, the tradition of the Valamo monastery dates back to 1717. The monastery was then originally established on Valaam (also known historically by the Finnish name ''Valamo'') which is an archipelago in the northern portion of Lake Ladoga, lying within the Republic of Karelia in the Russian Federation. The New Valamo Monastery is now an active centre of the Orthodox religious life and culture in Finland and welcomes visitors throughout the year. History In 1939, during the Winter War, some 190 monks from the Valamo Monastery in Karelia Evacuation of Finnish Karelia, were evacuated from their old abode on a group of islands in Lake Ladoga in the Viipuri Province to present Eastern Finland. The old Valamo Monastery was occupied by the armed forces of the Soviet Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lintula Holy Trinity Convent
Lintula Holy Trinity Convent or Lintula Convent ( or ; ) is a small Eastern Orthodox, Orthodox Christian convent located in Palokki, Heinävesi, Finland, close to the New Valamo Monastery. The current leader of the monastery is Abbess Ksenia. The monastery is the only Orthodox nunnery in the Nordics. Establishment The Lintula nunnery was originally founded in 1895 as a community of Russian nuns in Kivennava, Karelia, near the Russian border at the time. The Lintula monastery in Kivennava started when the privy councilor F. P. Neronov donated a farm from Karjalankannas in the village of Lintula in Kivennava to establish the monastery in 1894. Actually, this first phase of the women's monastery, the women's community of Lintula's Holy Trinity, was founded the following year. Since then, the community got the status of a monastery. Lintula monastery got its name from the nearby village and river. The establishment was not easy, because Finland still had legislation from the time o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
